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carnuck
AMC Addicted Joined: Mar/31/2010 Location: Seattle Status: Offline Points: 3942 |
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there is also Glendale, AZ
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Red1975pacer
AMC Addicted Joined: Oct/04/2012 Location: parma Status: Offline Points: 588 |
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Anybody ever heard of Mitchell Motors of Mitchell South Dakota? Across from the Corn Palace. If so any info from the 1970-1988 era?
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DBurdett
AMC Fan Joined: Dec/18/2013 Location: Round Lake, IL Status: Offline Points: 1 |
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Hi,
I worked at Westside AMC Jeep Renault when the 4.0 came out in 1987. We were in Elmhurst, IL. Dan |
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seadoo
AMC Nut Joined: Jul/04/2007 Location: Virginia Status: Offline Points: 428 |
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not sure if this dealership has been mentioned but just found a packing slip for the following dealer
Gladding Rambler
116 Willow Street
Pocomoke City, MD
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Tim
Manassas Park, VA 65 Ambassador 990-H |
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401MATCOUPE
AMC Addicted Joined: May/20/2010 Location: Salisbury, MD Status: Offline Points: 5367 |
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Gladding turned into Frostrum AMC-Jeep/Subaru, (not sure of transistion) they are still there...they had a guy in the parts department named Bobby that sold me all the obsolete inventory in late 1980's for AMC car, since they only wanted to work on Jeep. It is a small dealer right on US 13 just north of Virginia Border on the Eastern Shore..it is about 30 minutes form my Home!!
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Ross K. Peterson
68X,GoPac,343,AT,52A(1stCar) 68X,GoPac,390,4sp,52A 69X,GoPac,390,4sp,64A 70X,GoPac,390,4sp,87A,8 70X,GoPac,390,4sp,BBO,8 70 Jav SST,390,AT,BSO 74MatX,401,AT,Prototype 74MatX,401,AT |
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uncljohn
AMC Addicted Joined: Jan/03/2013 Location: Peoria AZ Status: Offline Points: 5394 |
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The request for lost dealers usually includes some dealer recognition indications such as a number to link to them. I do not have that, but a dealer in my Home Town if E. Bloomfield N.Y. a joint town of Holcomb N.Y. at the time had one called:
Lord Bros. A small town outlet for initially NASH and Willy's Jeep. I grew up haunting the back yard wrecking yard and walking through the display area's looking at the NEW Cars at the time and watching them change. Eventually it MORPHED into an AMC dealer but they were known to sell to local people a new car of any make if the person wanted a local dealer to maintain it. I know it was done but have no idea what the mechanics were now, it was a small down auto dealer. The only other dealer was the DeSoto Plymouth dealer. I saw a lot of neat AMC products an always felt that as dealer, their volume was high enough where some of the new products ended up there before others. But don't know. I swear I remember seeing a Rambler Rebel 4 door hard top with a fuel injected emblem on it but history said only a few were actually made and they were prototypes. That was a long time ago now. The memory is probably faulty, but the memory still exists. I and my family bought a few cars from Jimmy Jeep, a son of the owners. Who when AMC went belly up ran the business as a used car lot and was still running it the last time I was in town some where around 2010. I made it a point to stop by and say something when I got back into the area. Unfortunately AMC and Jimmy Jeep are no longer with us. I missed touching base with a memory. but time does March on. |
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70 390 5spd Donohue
74 Hornet In restoration 76 Hornet, 5.7L Mercury Marine Power 80 Fuel Injected I6 Spirit 74 232 I-6, 4bbl, 270HL Isky Cam |
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401MATCOUPE
AMC Addicted Joined: May/20/2010 Location: Salisbury, MD Status: Offline Points: 5367 |
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The 1874 Matador X my folks bought new and still have was sold at England Motors in Harrisburg, PA. One of the salesmen was a friend of my fathers and worked full time for him at New Cumberland Army Depot. He talked him into the Matador, after a weekend loaner of the car to test it out, he was hooked......after a lot of miles in the back seat, I was hooked to. We went to dealers all over Central Pennsylvania (Nolt, Wissler and more) he went back to the first one (car and dealer).....he thought a Yellow car was in the future, but no X's on lot. Then the salesman through us a curve ball, they had two Snow White/Black Stripe X's, one 360 2V, AM-FM Radio and the other a 304 2V, AM 8 Track....both had identical options otherwise...well, being the middle of the Gas Crisis....Dad was leaning towards the 304 car and then on the walk around they had punched a large hole in the rear quarter panel during transport.....they offered $500 more off to take it and they would repair....then the guy asked why he wanted the "Rear AMC Air Bags" put in the deal and he told him the intention was to tow across the US on family trip. They guy said, I will not sell you the 304 car, buy the 360...take it home you'll love it and the gas mileage difference is about 1-2 MPG, and would be a better all around car!! They did have a Trans Am Red/White Stripe 74 401 X on the lot that as a youngster I was pulled too.......it was stunning. (The Matador Prototype is a copy of that Trans Am Red lot car, and the brouchure car...very fortunate find..thanks Bob Reno!) My Dad thought the Red was too much of a Cop Magnet and the 401 mileage scared him. So we brought home the Snow White 360 2V car and we did go across the US, family pics with my Mom, Dad, Two Brothers and the Matador........hundered of pics from PA to Cali and back and all points in-between. One of the best pics is the family in White Sands, New Mexico with the white dunes and the Matador. England Motors later moved and re-named West Shore AMC/Jeep and we still used them as a parts purchase point until the end.
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Ross K. Peterson
68X,GoPac,343,AT,52A(1stCar) 68X,GoPac,390,4sp,52A 69X,GoPac,390,4sp,64A 70X,GoPac,390,4sp,87A,8 70X,GoPac,390,4sp,BBO,8 70 Jav SST,390,AT,BSO 74MatX,401,AT,Prototype 74MatX,401,AT |
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71SC360
AMC Addicted Charter Member Joined: Jun/29/2007 Location: East Tennessee Status: Offline Points: 5481 |
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Anyone have a literature on or from an AMC or Rambler dealership in Middleport, NY? I was recently informed of a building in Middleport that is supposed to have been built as a Rambler dealer during the late 50's. I've been in the building many times but never knew its history until recently. The structure says 50's car dealership in every way but I would like to find some definitive proof that it was a Rambler dealer..
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pacerman
Supporter of TheAMCForum Joined: Jul/03/2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 9061 |
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I just bought a piece of literature stamped: Lloyd Motors, 29524? Euclid Avenue, Wickliffe, OH 44092. If anyone has a car from there and wants it, I'll donate if less shipping. Joe
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Happiness is making something out of nothing.
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Ohio AMX
AMC Addicted Charter Member Joined: Jun/29/2007 Location: NE Ohio Status: Offline Points: 4935 |
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I have the AMC clock from that dealership, at least that's what I was told. |
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1940 Hupmobile Skylark
1968 Javelin future Pro Street 1969 AMX 290/auto (first car) 1997 Dodge SS/T 5.9L AMO# 983 |
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